this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
44 points (100.0% liked)
World News
22057 readers
150 users here now
Breaking news from around the world.
News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.
Guidelines for submissions:
- Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
- Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
- Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
- Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
- Social media should be a source of last resort.
These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.
For US News, see the US News community.
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Saying "oh we'll let some blacks in" isn't a helpful solution
AA had done more harm than good
Now, i do wish we had better solutions that actually address the issues of individuals and communities suffering from poverty and discrimination, but AA does not solve that.
I'd much rather we provide an actual solution, than one that looks like while still being racist and in many ways making the situation worse, in particular by being a target to point to when talking about real solutions as "we already addressed that"
Would love to see a source on this, especially after I left a mod comment explicitly asking for people to be cautious about jumping in with a simplistic take of 'AA bad'.
Literature is extremely mixed on this topic because, perhaps unsurprisingly, it's almost impossible to control for all factors and implementation of AA varies so greatly (explicit diversity goals vs. some kind of equity boost vs. mandatory spots, etc.).
Ok, but if a solution can be found that has the same effect without codifying a groups race into law, isn't that better?
And a lot of my experience comes from friends who qualify for these systems telling me it feeds quite a bit of imposter syndrome and distrust, because whenever something happens they ask themselves "did i earn this, or is this because of how i look?" and i don't find that to be a helpful condition to be dumping on people who will likely already be behind coming in, due to the issues the AA was meant so solve in the first place.
I'm really not against solving the problem's AA was meant to solve, but the AA solution looks like a racist go ahold of the project and made it cause more of the problem it's meant to address.
first of all, white women have benefited from affirmative action more than any other group. are your female white friends experiencing that same imposter syndrome and distrust? did you even know that that was the case? did they? most POC snap back at the white people that question their credentials, not take our hurt feelings out on one of the most effective social justice policies in American history.
second of all, as an actual person of color who was one of 5 POC out of 478 people to get their masters degree in my program, i'd love to learn more about how AA caused more of the problem it's meant to address. hard to get imposter syndrome when you're still too disadvantaged to get actual opportunities, lmfao.
also I'm not gonna lie, you saying "blacks" makes me highly doubt you have friends of color regardless. if you do I'm surprised they haven't told you that using that as a term is uh. I'm gonna go with "eyebrow-raising"
yeah, but lets be honest, they really shouldn't be
which is another part of why it isn't useful
you doubting the "color" of my friends means nothing, it's an example and certainly the most prominent one historically used in regards to research and implementation of affirmative action, at least historically
If that offends you, that's very much a you problem
uh ...come again?
It was an example mean to illustrate the flippancy of the implementation, it applies to all affirmative action targets
Edit: and to answer your comment about calling blacks black, even though i certainly don't have to answer, it's because that's what my black friends told me to call them, and not use african american. So back the fuck off that one maybe?
my point is more where are you hanging out that it's routine to refer to black people as "blacks" like this, and it's a little concerning you didn't pick up on that point